I agree. But by that logic we don't need the TSA either so...
Personally, I've through that each airport should have a wing for people who are willing to fly at their own risk. Tickets would cost less, you could get there 15 minutes before the flight, etc... It will never happen, but it would be a nice idea.
Given Haswell's power saving credentials and the retina MacPros are mainly just battery under the hood, it should get interesting. (also thunderbolt 2 coming around the corner)
There was a Thunderbolt 1.0? Did it do anything...?
I know with my Nissan, and I believe that all cars are the same, you need to press on the unlock button twice to unlock the passenger doors. Perhaps there is something in that sequence that allows them to create a shortcut sequence that opens the passenger doors.
For example, maybe there is something in the "lock" code that is sent to lock all of the doors that triggers the start of the "unlock passenger doors" sequence and all it is waiting for is the extra code from the second key press.
In August 2012, the team announced that they have completed over 300,000 autonomous-driving miles (500 000 km) accident-free, typically have about a dozen cars on the road at any given time, and are starting to test them with single drivers instead of in pairs.[14] Three U.S. states have passed laws permitting driverless cars as of September 2012: Nevada, Florida, and California.
More miles than most drivers rack up in 20 years, and without having caused an accident. Laws passed in 3 states.
This is a lot closer than positive net output fusion, for example.
I'll believe it when they can drive in Boston traffic during rush hour with crowded streets, crowded highways at 65mph, one-way streets, jaywalkers, construction, snow, sleet, ice, short on/off ramps, non-standard intersections, traffic circles, etc. I've driven in San Francisco and it's a Sunday drive compared to Boston and New York.
Actually you'd be surprised what some of these larger companies do. Take Gallo for instance. I had a temp job with them where I took brand new out of the box windows vista machines, hooked 20 at a time to 5 KVM stations and proceeded to PXE clone an already setup machine they had to every one of them. Point being, every time I unboxed a new Vista machine and set it on the table my opinion of Gallo Winery slipped ever farther south because most companies knew better than to jump on the vista bandwagon.
There was nothing wrong with Vista, especially on a new system. Microsoft changed to a new hardware driver format in Vista, announced it and was willing to help vendors create and test their drivers on it. Vista got a bad rap because the hardware vendors didn't believe Microsoft's release dates and didn't have new drivers ready for current hardware. When users went to upgrade, they either had to find a way to use the old NT drivers (turn driver signing off) or buy all new devices. In most cases, vendors just wrote off older hardware and only released Vista drivers for new hardware. New systems out of the box were fine, upgrading an existing system was likely to fail miserably.
Windows 7 was essentially Windows Vista with a few GUI changes. The reason why Windows 7 did so well is because most hardware vendors had released drivers that would work with Vista.
Samba 4 has a ways to go before it can replace AD. Believe me, I'd love nothing better than a drop in replacement for Windows Server, but I think Samba has at least another three or four years before it reaches that point.
Web based mail is great until you don't have access to it due to an outage, etc. At least with Exchange and outlook you have an off-line copy to work from.
Also, if you think that Email is THE killer app for Exchange, think again. THE killer app for Exchange is Scheduling (both people and resources) and I have yet to see any other product do it as well.
MS Lync is also a nice little add-on as you can see if the email recipient, assuming it is someone internal, is online and can IM them instead. It makes communication much easier.
While Webmail may work for small organizations, large organizations are going to stick with Exchange for a while yet.
"This has worked well, but i'm sorely missing having a real high resolution external monitor. I've looked at a few of the USB powered external displays, but the resolution seems to only hit 1366 X 768."
What do the co-working facilities offer in the way of office facilities? If they are cubes, then you'll have to go with a LCD display. If you have an option of an office where you can close the windows and dim the lights, then a small digital projector might work.
My opinion is that the best option would be to see if each facility has a locker area where you can store the display. Then buy a display for each facility that you use on a regular basis. This would be a much better option than lugging a LCD display back and forth on your bike.
Oops... Sorry... That's not what farmers grow, that's what Monsato uses against farmers. I'm surprised that Monsato didn't immediately sue the farmer for illegally growing their product, even though he didn't plant it.
No. The article that you point to is flawed in many ways as the author doesn't understand business strategy.
Android manufacturers entered into the smart phone market against an established player, Apple. They had to compete on price to drive market share, market share is necessary to drive brand awareness, developer interest (Apps), and business partner buy-in. In addition, most Android manufacturers have strategic advantages that Apple is lacking such as diversification (the smart phone business is just another division), rapid development (they are each competing on the same platform and leapfrog each other as new models come out), and their market share can be used to capture customers (No one wants to buy Apps all over again for another platform) and convert customers to higher-end phones.
The business strategy of Android can be compared to the business strategy of Japanese cars when they first entered the North American market. The US auto makers were the leaders and were making the most profit. The Japanese flooded the market with low cost low quality vehicles to gain market share. Over time they improved their product to the point where they could compete directly and then surpass the US auto makers, almost putting them out of business.
It's only with the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One that Android phones have reached the point where they can start to compete directly with Apple. Apple may be the top dog today, but we are only in round 2 of a 12 round fight...
I've been on Slashdot for a while now and I'll never understand the fanaticism that drives the UNIX culture that would spawn the 1. Creation of a bug report that is, essentially, a political statement 2. One that is left open for 9 years just because they are that childish 3. Reporting said bug/political statement has been closed as if some monumental success has been achieved.
I've found it incredibly frustrating to search for new books on amazon, since all the chapters of this thing clutter all my searches. I am searching less and buying less. If amazon had a filter that let me exclude Scalzi in his entirety from all searches - do they ????
Yeppers, they do... As an FYI, most internet search routines use the minus sign to indicate that you want to exclude the word that comes after it.
For example, if you want to find SciFi Books that match the keyword "human", you would go to the Science Fiction book section on Amazon and type in "human". If you don't want a particular author/series (i.e. Scalzi) you would type in "human -Scalzi".
I learned using BASIC on a Commodore PET. My dad bought it when I was around 10. It didn't come with any games, but he bought a programming book that listed the BASIC code for a bunch of applications and games. I went right to town programming in the games (i.e. moon lander, hangman, etc.).
My job doesn't include programming, unless you include configuring routers and switches, but knowing how to program has come in handy for writing scripts, etc.
I don't see why you are complaining about this. Every civilization will place themselves central to the map. I grew up in North America and so the North American continent was always central with Europe etc. on the right side and Asia etc. on the left.
I grew up in North America as well, specifically the East coast of Canada. All of our world maps looked just like this, with North America on the left.
Perhaps it had something to do with the British influence in Canada or maybe it's more of an East Coast, West Coast thing. I could easily see having a map with North America in the center if I was on the West Coast as parts of Asia would be closer to me than Europe.
find a small company for your first job, but not one that is going to burn you out.
It may be easier to prove that unicorns exist...
I think the key is to know when to get out... of course there can be other reasons for staying.
- Find a mature small to medium sized company with low turnover for your first job. It's a bonus if they are about to launch a new project using new technology. If you show enough enthusiasm, they'll happily throw you on it as a resource.
What you want to get from your first job is a mentor who has been in the industry for a while and who is a professional. Someone who takes their work seriously and who isn't there just for a paycheck. Someone who will show you the ropes.
I worked for a mature medium sized Oil Company for my first job. I learned how to be an IT professional, not just an IT worker, from my more experienced co-workers.
Maybe launching destructive malware at Iranian infrastructure wasn't such a good idea.
I just read a decent fiction eBook about disaster caused by cyber warfare called CyberStorm. It was a bit dark at points and has its flaws, but was overall a good read.
It seems to me that consoles are under attack from two different directions. The casual gamers have mostly defected to smartphones and tablets, and when they do need something hooked up to a TV, the Nintendo Wii seems to be their first choice. (Take a look at Wikipedia's list of best-selling video games – the Wii absolutely demolishes the competition in that console generation.) These games don't have much processing power, but that doesn't matter. All that matters to casual gamers is if the games are fun to play.
The hardcore gamers tend to prefer a PC running Steam, since this gives much more flexibility and power – they can choose their own configuration, game with multiple monitors if they want, and get better graphics than any console can provide. They do trade off cost and energy usage, but generally don't care about those things.
With the hardcore market dominated by Steam and the casual market dominated by Apple/Android/Nintendo, there isn't much room for Sony and Microsoft consoles.
I think that you are forgetting about the kid/teen market.
I agree with you that the casual gamers are using tablets, hard-core gamers are sticking with/re-discovering PC gaming, and that families with young kids buy Nintendo. However, anyone with kids/nieces/nephews who are in their teen years will tell you that XBox 360 and PS3 are still king. It's what they want for Christmas, birthdays, etc., other than a smart-phone and tablet.
Outcompeting them in what areas, exactly? Casual toilet gaming? Being able to ask consumers to pay ludicrous price for their stuff?
One point where Apple is outcompeting Xbox without even trying: In the last few quarters, Apple sold more units of AppleTV than Microsoft sold Xbox units. And I don't even want to know what you are doing in the toilet.
You do realize that practically everyone who is into gaming knew that the new XBox and PS4 will be coming out this year? Is it so hard to understand that this would affect sales? Demand and market share in the gaming console market is not being affected by Apple. It's simply because people do not want to spend money on old tech when new models will be released soon.
We see the exact same demand behavior when a new smartphone model is close to being released. One could argue that Samsung is out-competing Apple for smartphones simply because they have sold more phones than Apple for the last few quarters. Of course, Apple fans would argue back that demand is down because everyone knows that there will be a new iPhone within the next 3-6 months....
The effect for the console market is being amplified as the current generation of consoles is about 7 years old. It has absolutely nothing to do with Apple...
Nonsense. Just because your contemporaries tend to avoid a word is no reason to abstain from it: that's the kind of narrow minded in-crowd attitude no true nerd should ever fall prey to. After all, the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
The only time I ever hear the word "Whom" is when people are quoting from a literary work. I've never used it myself.
Personally, I like using the word "depart", as in "Shall we depart?". It's always fun watching people's faces when they overhear me say it. Of course, I deliberately say it loud enough to be overheard, it's no fun otherwise.... (grin)
No, but generally speaking you cannot enter a contract with a minor, which is probably the legal issue. Age of majority is variable, but in California that is 18 ys old.
They should find a way around it, but they can't just give it to him.
I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that simply paying someone a reward is not entering into a contract.
If Paypal requires that the person who finds the bug enters into a non-disclosure and/or marketing agreement (i.e. to be able to publish their name as the bug finder) prior to receiving the reward then I would agree that this may be the issue. However, there are tons of child actors in Hollywood, so their must be a way that a minor can enter into an agreement. I'm guessing that it would require the legal guardian(s) signature.
Quite an analogy, no pun intended. I think everyone needs to realise that some things reach a peak of maximum functionality and then can't be improved upon no matter how much you want/need to sell the next generation office suite. Business requirements are usually standardised, unchanging, and not terribly exotic. Fix bugs, speed the code up, add functions if really required, that's it.
In other words, Microsoft should have sold Office to CA, where good software goes to die a long lingering death...
... if you can't go through a long weekend without constantly checking your smart phone.
Either you are in a job that you choose that requires 7x24 support, or you choose to work on a project that has a tight deadline, or you put up with a bad corporate culture for fear of having to find a new job, or you haven't trained co-workers, or you haven't faced the fact that you are a work-a-holic, etc.
There are companies that value employees and recognize the benefits of personal time. Go find one.
PS: This comment does not apply to situations where real emergencies occur. Those are obviously exceptions.
Nintendo is also the most profitable company per employee. With only ~5000 employees they can afford a poor selling console easily.
I predict PS4 "wins" this round but no one wins overall (esp the consumer) and Steambox and/or PC will make a resurgence... just not enough to really put it on the map.
I bought the Wii when it came out. I liked the ability to play with up to four other players in certain games. Plus, I used the Wii Fit from time to time to switch up my exercise routine. Beyond the occasional use, it sits there gathering dust. I'm certainly not going to upgrade to the Wii U.
I used to be an avid PC gamer but switched over to the XBox 360 when it came out. I then switched to the PS3 a few years later as my brother-in-law had the PS3 and I wanted to be able to exchange games with him. I've used it for gaming until recently. Skyrim, and the problems with the PS3 DLCs, forced me to switch back to the PC Now, I tend to use the PS3 mostly for Netflix. However, my new Blu-ray player supports Netflix as well, so the PS3 is largely also going unused.
Today, I'm back to PC gaming and loving it. I had forgotten just how great the graphics are, how fast the games load, and how much user generated content is available. I've since purchased the XBox connector and enjoy playing games on my HD TV using my XBox controller.
Personally, I'm not interested in the new consoles....
These are very biased news and in fact they are wrong.
For starters, only the first submarine has a floatability problem. The other submarines in the series are larger, therefore they have no problem.
Now, why has the fist submarine (the original design) a floatability problem? Because the Navy asked for more equipment (electronic equipment, weapons, etc) and more comfortable cabins for the sailors than originally planned.
It is not a design problem but a modifications problem and this is very very very frequent in large projects, especially if military.
The changes have been taken into account in the design for the second and subsequent submarines (S81, S82, etc). The first submarine (S80) will be fixed by making it a bit longer and adding some floating aids.
Source: I work in this project.
Next time you want to say stupid things about very serious projects, please warn us you are drunk.
J D Exposito
I could see scope creep being the cause of weight problem. However, wouldn't the weight calculations be redone to account for the changes? Or was the hull construction underway before the requirements were finalized?
It almost sounds to me like they decided to use rapid development and it turned around and bit them in the ass.
Yeah, but a gas price rise of 1 cent/L is a MUCH larger increase than 1 cent/gal. For example, most cars have tanks that are about 20 US gal. This is equal to about 75.7 L. So you are paying about 55 cents more for each 1 cent rise in gas prices per fill-up when you use metric.
The gas companies screw us enough as it is. Metric just makes it easier for them to hide it.
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I agree. But by that logic we don't need the TSA either so...
Personally, I've through that each airport should have a wing for people who are willing to fly at their own risk. Tickets would cost less, you could get there 15 minutes before the flight, etc... It will never happen, but it would be a nice idea.
It's the "obligatory Apple reference" (tm)
Given Haswell's power saving credentials and the retina MacPros are mainly just battery under the hood, it should get interesting.
(also thunderbolt 2 coming around the corner)
There was a Thunderbolt 1.0? Did it do anything...?
I know with my Nissan, and I believe that all cars are the same, you need to press on the unlock button twice to unlock the passenger doors. Perhaps there is something in that sequence that allows them to create a shortcut sequence that opens the passenger doors.
For example, maybe there is something in the "lock" code that is sent to lock all of the doors that triggers the start of the "unlock passenger doors" sequence and all it is waiting for is the extra code from the second key press.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_driverless_car
In August 2012, the team announced that they have completed over 300,000 autonomous-driving miles (500 000 km) accident-free, typically have about a dozen cars on the road at any given time, and are starting to test them with single drivers instead of in pairs.[14] Three U.S. states have passed laws permitting driverless cars as of September 2012: Nevada, Florida, and California.
More miles than most drivers rack up in 20 years, and without having caused an accident. Laws passed in 3 states.
This is a lot closer than positive net output fusion, for example.
I'll believe it when they can drive in Boston traffic during rush hour with crowded streets, crowded highways at 65mph, one-way streets, jaywalkers, construction, snow, sleet, ice, short on/off ramps, non-standard intersections, traffic circles, etc. I've driven in San Francisco and it's a Sunday drive compared to Boston and New York.
Actually you'd be surprised what some of these larger companies do. Take Gallo for instance. I had a temp job with them where I took brand new out of the box windows vista machines, hooked 20 at a time to 5 KVM stations and proceeded to PXE clone an already setup machine they had to every one of them. Point being, every time I unboxed a new Vista machine and set it on the table my opinion of Gallo Winery slipped ever farther south because most companies knew better than to jump on the vista bandwagon.
There was nothing wrong with Vista, especially on a new system. Microsoft changed to a new hardware driver format in Vista, announced it and was willing to help vendors create and test their drivers on it. Vista got a bad rap because the hardware vendors didn't believe Microsoft's release dates and didn't have new drivers ready for current hardware. When users went to upgrade, they either had to find a way to use the old NT drivers (turn driver signing off) or buy all new devices. In most cases, vendors just wrote off older hardware and only released Vista drivers for new hardware. New systems out of the box were fine, upgrading an existing system was likely to fail miserably.
Windows 7 was essentially Windows Vista with a few GUI changes. The reason why Windows 7 did so well is because most hardware vendors had released drivers that would work with Vista.
Samba 4 has a ways to go before it can replace AD. Believe me, I'd love nothing better than a drop in replacement for Windows Server, but I think Samba has at least another three or four years before it reaches that point.
Web based mail is great until you don't have access to it due to an outage, etc. At least with Exchange and outlook you have an off-line copy to work from.
Also, if you think that Email is THE killer app for Exchange, think again. THE killer app for Exchange is Scheduling (both people and resources) and I have yet to see any other product do it as well.
MS Lync is also a nice little add-on as you can see if the email recipient, assuming it is someone internal, is online and can IM them instead. It makes communication much easier.
While Webmail may work for small organizations, large organizations are going to stick with Exchange for a while yet.
"This has worked well, but i'm sorely missing having a real high resolution external monitor. I've looked at a few of the USB powered external displays, but the resolution seems to only hit 1366 X 768."
What do the co-working facilities offer in the way of office facilities? If they are cubes, then you'll have to go with a LCD display. If you have an option of an office where you can close the windows and dim the lights, then a small digital projector might work.
My opinion is that the best option would be to see if each facility has a locker area where you can store the display. Then buy a display for each facility that you use on a regular basis. This would be a much better option than lugging a LCD display back and forth on your bike.
Stick.
Oops... Sorry... That's not what farmers grow, that's what Monsato uses against farmers. I'm surprised that Monsato didn't immediately sue the farmer for illegally growing their product, even though he didn't plant it.
Can we please stop pretending that "market share" means "winning?" http://techpinions.com/androids-market-share-is-literally-a-joke/16709
No. The article that you point to is flawed in many ways as the author doesn't understand business strategy.
Android manufacturers entered into the smart phone market against an established player, Apple. They had to compete on price to drive market share, market share is necessary to drive brand awareness, developer interest (Apps), and business partner buy-in. In addition, most Android manufacturers have strategic advantages that Apple is lacking such as diversification (the smart phone business is just another division), rapid development (they are each competing on the same platform and leapfrog each other as new models come out), and their market share can be used to capture customers (No one wants to buy Apps all over again for another platform) and convert customers to higher-end phones.
The business strategy of Android can be compared to the business strategy of Japanese cars when they first entered the North American market. The US auto makers were the leaders and were making the most profit. The Japanese flooded the market with low cost low quality vehicles to gain market share. Over time they improved their product to the point where they could compete directly and then surpass the US auto makers, almost putting them out of business.
It's only with the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One that Android phones have reached the point where they can start to compete directly with Apple. Apple may be the top dog today, but we are only in round 2 of a 12 round fight...
....trixs are for kids
I've been on Slashdot for a while now and I'll never understand the fanaticism that drives the UNIX culture that would spawn the
1. Creation of a bug report that is, essentially, a political statement
2. One that is left open for 9 years just because they are that childish
3. Reporting said bug/political statement has been closed as if some monumental success has been achieved.
I've found it incredibly frustrating to search for new books on amazon, since all the chapters of this thing clutter all my searches. I am searching less and buying less. If amazon had a filter that let me exclude Scalzi in his entirety from all searches - do they ????
Yeppers, they do... As an FYI, most internet search routines use the minus sign to indicate that you want to exclude the word that comes after it.
For example, if you want to find SciFi Books that match the keyword "human", you would go to the Science Fiction book section on Amazon and type in "human". If you don't want a particular author/series (i.e. Scalzi) you would type in "human -Scalzi".
I learned using BASIC on a Commodore PET. My dad bought it when I was around 10. It didn't come with any games, but he bought a programming book that listed the BASIC code for a bunch of applications and games. I went right to town programming in the games (i.e. moon lander, hangman, etc.).
My job doesn't include programming, unless you include configuring routers and switches, but knowing how to program has come in handy for writing scripts, etc.
I don't see why you are complaining about this. Every civilization will place themselves central to the map. I grew up in North America and so the North American continent was always central with Europe etc. on the right side and Asia etc. on the left.
I grew up in North America as well, specifically the East coast of Canada. All of our world maps looked just like this, with North America on the left.
Perhaps it had something to do with the British influence in Canada or maybe it's more of an East Coast, West Coast thing. I could easily see having a map with North America in the center if I was on the West Coast as parts of Asia would be closer to me than Europe.
find a small company for your first job, but not one that is going to burn you out.
It may be easier to prove that unicorns exist...
I think the key is to know when to get out... of course there can be other reasons for staying.
- Find a mature small to medium sized company with low turnover for your first job. It's a bonus if they are about to launch a new project using new technology. If you show enough enthusiasm, they'll happily throw you on it as a resource.
What you want to get from your first job is a mentor who has been in the industry for a while and who is a professional. Someone who takes their work seriously and who isn't there just for a paycheck. Someone who will show you the ropes.
I worked for a mature medium sized Oil Company for my first job. I learned how to be an IT professional, not just an IT worker, from my more experienced co-workers.
Maybe launching destructive malware at Iranian infrastructure wasn't such a good idea.
I just read a decent fiction eBook about disaster caused by cyber warfare called CyberStorm. It was a bit dark at points and has its flaws, but was overall a good read.
It seems to me that consoles are under attack from two different directions. The casual gamers have mostly defected to smartphones and tablets, and when they do need something hooked up to a TV, the Nintendo Wii seems to be their first choice. (Take a look at Wikipedia's list of best-selling video games – the Wii absolutely demolishes the competition in that console generation.) These games don't have much processing power, but that doesn't matter. All that matters to casual gamers is if the games are fun to play.
The hardcore gamers tend to prefer a PC running Steam, since this gives much more flexibility and power – they can choose their own configuration, game with multiple monitors if they want, and get better graphics than any console can provide. They do trade off cost and energy usage, but generally don't care about those things.
With the hardcore market dominated by Steam and the casual market dominated by Apple/Android/Nintendo, there isn't much room for Sony and Microsoft consoles.
I think that you are forgetting about the kid/teen market.
I agree with you that the casual gamers are using tablets, hard-core gamers are sticking with/re-discovering PC gaming, and that families with young kids buy Nintendo. However, anyone with kids/nieces/nephews who are in their teen years will tell you that XBox 360 and PS3 are still king. It's what they want for Christmas, birthdays, etc., other than a smart-phone and tablet.
Outcompeting them in what areas, exactly? Casual toilet gaming? Being able to ask consumers to pay ludicrous price for their stuff?
One point where Apple is outcompeting Xbox without even trying: In the last few quarters, Apple sold more units of AppleTV than Microsoft sold Xbox units. And I don't even want to know what you are doing in the toilet.
You do realize that practically everyone who is into gaming knew that the new XBox and PS4 will be coming out this year? Is it so hard to understand that this would affect sales? Demand and market share in the gaming console market is not being affected by Apple. It's simply because people do not want to spend money on old tech when new models will be released soon.
We see the exact same demand behavior when a new smartphone model is close to being released. One could argue that Samsung is out-competing Apple for smartphones simply because they have sold more phones than Apple for the last few quarters. Of course, Apple fans would argue back that demand is down because everyone knows that there will be a new iPhone within the next 3-6 months....
The effect for the console market is being amplified as the current generation of consoles is about 7 years old. It has absolutely nothing to do with Apple...
Nonsense. Just because your contemporaries tend to avoid a word is no reason to abstain from it: that's the kind of narrow minded in-crowd attitude no true nerd should ever fall prey to. After all, the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
The only time I ever hear the word "Whom" is when people are quoting from a literary work. I've never used it myself.
Personally, I like using the word "depart", as in "Shall we depart?". It's always fun watching people's faces when they overhear me say it. Of course, I deliberately say it loud enough to be overheard, it's no fun otherwise.... (grin)
No, but generally speaking you cannot enter a contract with a minor, which is probably the legal issue. Age of majority is variable, but in California that is 18 ys old.
They should find a way around it, but they can't just give it to him.
I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that simply paying someone a reward is not entering into a contract.
If Paypal requires that the person who finds the bug enters into a non-disclosure and/or marketing agreement (i.e. to be able to publish their name as the bug finder) prior to receiving the reward then I would agree that this may be the issue. However, there are tons of child actors in Hollywood, so their must be a way that a minor can enter into an agreement. I'm guessing that it would require the legal guardian(s) signature.
You needed 3 minutes to write that code?
He included the time it took him to pour a cup of coffee. Everyone knows that coders cant write without caffeine.... (grin)
Quite an analogy, no pun intended. I think everyone needs to realise that some things reach a peak of maximum functionality and then can't be improved upon no matter how much you want/need to sell the next generation office suite. Business requirements are usually standardised, unchanging, and not terribly exotic. Fix bugs, speed the code up, add functions if really required, that's it.
In other words, Microsoft should have sold Office to CA, where good software goes to die a long lingering death...
... if you can't go through a long weekend without constantly checking your smart phone.
Either you are in a job that you choose that requires 7x24 support, or you choose to work on a project that has a tight deadline, or you put up with a bad corporate culture for fear of having to find a new job, or you haven't trained co-workers, or you haven't faced the fact that you are a work-a-holic, etc.
There are companies that value employees and recognize the benefits of personal time. Go find one.
PS: This comment does not apply to situations where real emergencies occur. Those are obviously exceptions.
Nintendo is also the most profitable company per employee. With only ~5000 employees they can afford a poor selling console easily.
I predict PS4 "wins" this round but no one wins overall (esp the consumer) and Steambox and/or PC will make a resurgence... just not enough to really put it on the map.
I bought the Wii when it came out. I liked the ability to play with up to four other players in certain games. Plus, I used the Wii Fit from time to time to switch up my exercise routine. Beyond the occasional use, it sits there gathering dust. I'm certainly not going to upgrade to the Wii U.
I used to be an avid PC gamer but switched over to the XBox 360 when it came out. I then switched to the PS3 a few years later as my brother-in-law had the PS3 and I wanted to be able to exchange games with him. I've used it for gaming until recently. Skyrim, and the problems with the PS3 DLCs, forced me to switch back to the PC Now, I tend to use the PS3 mostly for Netflix. However, my new Blu-ray player supports Netflix as well, so the PS3 is largely also going unused.
Today, I'm back to PC gaming and loving it. I had forgotten just how great the graphics are, how fast the games load, and how much user generated content is available. I've since purchased the XBox connector and enjoy playing games on my HD TV using my XBox controller.
Personally, I'm not interested in the new consoles....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/J_D_Exposito/spain-submarine-s-81-isaac-peral-cant-float_n_3328683_256066767.html
These are very biased news and in fact they are wrong.
For starters, only the first submarine has a floatability problem. The other submarines in the series are larger, therefore they have no problem.
Now, why has the fist submarine (the original design) a floatability problem? Because the Navy asked for more equipment (electronic equipment, weapons, etc) and more comfortable cabins for the sailors than originally planned.
It is not a design problem but a modifications problem and this is very very very frequent in large projects, especially if military.
The changes have been taken into account in the design for the second and subsequent submarines (S81, S82, etc). The first submarine (S80) will be fixed by making it a bit longer and adding some floating aids.
Source: I work in this project.
Next time you want to say stupid things about very serious projects, please warn us you are drunk.
J D Exposito
I could see scope creep being the cause of weight problem. However, wouldn't the weight calculations be redone to account for the changes? Or was the hull construction underway before the requirements were finalized?
It almost sounds to me like they decided to use rapid development and it turned around and bit them in the ass.
It'll look so cheap on the signs, too :)
Yeah, but a gas price rise of 1 cent/L is a MUCH larger increase than 1 cent/gal. For example, most cars have tanks that are about 20 US gal. This is equal to about 75.7 L. So you are paying about 55 cents more for each 1 cent rise in gas prices per fill-up when you use metric.
The gas companies screw us enough as it is. Metric just makes it easier for them to hide it.